play-by-play of what the obama administration did do mostly through sanctions which even administration officials admit were mostly symbolic. let's get more on this from cnn washington correspondent ryan nobles who is live at the white house. ryan? >> boris, the president now seemingly conceding the fact that russia was involved in intervening in the american election last fall. this is something that he has pushed back on and suggested that perhaps russia wasn't the only ones responsible for that for sometime to come. but he's doing it in a way to put the blame on president obama and his administration. listen to what the president tells fox news in an interview set to air tomorrow. >> well, i just heard today for the first time that obama knew about russia a long time before the election. and he did nothing about it. but nobody wants to talk about that. the c.i.a. gave him information on russia a long time before they even you know, before the